US20060290246A1 - Rotating machanism of drive bracket - Google Patents

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US20060290246A1
US20060290246A1 US11/308,040 US30804006A US2006290246A1 US 20060290246 A1 US20060290246 A1 US 20060290246A1 US 30804006 A US30804006 A US 30804006A US 2006290246 A1 US2006290246 A1 US 2006290246A1
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Yun-Lung Chen
Xian-Huang Gao
Jian Hu
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
    • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
    • G06F1/18—Packaging or power distribution
    • G06F1/183—Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for printed circuit boards, internal connecting means
    • G06F1/187—Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/12—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules
    • G11B33/121—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device
    • G11B33/123—Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis
    • G11B33/124—Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis

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  • the present invention relates to rotating mechanisms of drive brackets, and more particularly to a rotating mechanism for adjustably positioning a drive bracket at different angles with respect to a chassis.
  • drive brackets are simply screwed into a conventional personal computer enclosure with screws, for accommodating data storage devices.
  • the data storage devices are, for example, hard disk drives (HDDs), floppy disk drives (FDDs), compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) drives, and so on.
  • HDDs hard disk drives
  • FDDs floppy disk drives
  • CD-ROM compact disk read only memory
  • securing means is cumbersome and time consuming.
  • the screws may loosen over time and possibly drop into other components of the computer, which may cause damage.
  • the mounting or removing of the data storage devices is difficult and may also result in damage to the computer.
  • a rotating mechanism for a drive bracket includes a chassis having a front panel with an opening defined therein and a drive bracket pivotally mounted in the chassis corresponding to the opening.
  • a positioning member is secured to the drive bracket.
  • An elastic member is mounted in the chassis. The elastic member comprises a plurality of grooves for positioning the drive bracket at different angles with respect to the chassis. When the drive bracket is rotated, the positioning member is moved and received by one of the grooves of the elastic member for positioning the drive bracket.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded, isometric view of a preferred embodiment of a rotating mechanism of a drive bracket
  • FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the drive bracket in FIG. 1 , but viewed from another aspect;
  • FIG. 3 is a partially assembled view of the rotating mechanism of FIG. 1 , but viewed from another aspect;
  • FIG. 4 is an assembled view of the rotating mechanism of FIG. 3 with a cover exploded
  • FIG. 5 is an assembled view of the rotating mechanism when the drive bracket is rotated and positioned in an open state.
  • a rotating mechanism of drive bracket for an electronic device like a computer includes a chassis 10 and a drive bracket 30 pivotally connected to the chassis 10 .
  • the drive bracket 30 is used for receiving a drive component like a date storage device 70 so as to form a drive assembly therewith.
  • the chassis 10 includes a bottom wall 11 , a side wall 14 , a front wall 12 , and a receiving bracket 20 .
  • the side wall 14 and the front wall 12 are perpendicular to the bottom wall 11 .
  • An opening 13 is defined in the front wall 12 .
  • a pair of tabs 18 each with a pivot hole 181 defined therein protrudes out from opposite edges of the opening 13 .
  • a supporting flange 15 and a supporting flange 16 extend in from an upper edge of the front wall 12 and a lower edge of the opening 13 respectively.
  • Adjacent to the opening 13 a pair of securing holes 123 is defined in the front wall 12 .
  • a supporting flange 19 defining a securing slot 191 extends in from a top edge of the side wall 14 .
  • the receiving bracket 20 includes a side wall 21 .
  • a supporting flange 23 defining a securing slot 25 extends out from a top edge of the side wall 21 .
  • a generally D-shaped elastic member 50 mounted on the chassis 10 defines a plurality of grooves 53 in an outer arcuate surface and a pair of securing holes 51 in a vertical face.
  • the elastic member 50 is mounted in the chassis by a pair of fasteners 40 respectively passing through the securing holes 123 of the front panel 12 and the securing holes 51 of the elastic member 30 .
  • the drive bracket 30 includes a bottom wall 31 , and a pair of side walls 33 vertically extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall 31 .
  • a flange 35 extends out from a top edge of each side wall 33 .
  • a securing tab 36 corresponding to the securing slot 191 in the flange 19 protrudes down from one of the flanges 35 .
  • a tab 39 with a pair of securing holes 391 defined therein extends from a bottom edge of one side wall 33 of the drive bracket 30 .
  • a blocking piece 38 is formed out from the other side wall 33 by stamping, for preventing the drive bracket 30 from over-rotating.
  • a pair of pivot tabs 37 extends from two sides of the drive bracket 30 .
  • a pivot shaft 371 for rotating in the pivot hole 181 protrudes from a center of the pivot tab 37 .
  • a securing tab 32 for inserting in the securing slot 25 of the receiving bracket 20 is stamped downwardly from the bottom wall 31 of the drive bracket 30 , and a pair of supporting members 321 to be supported on the supporting flange 23 of the receiving bracket 20 are respectively bent out from the two sides of the securing tab 32 .
  • the drive bracket 30 further includes a positioning member 60 mounted thereon.
  • the positioning member 60 includes a base 61 defining a pair of securing holes 611 and a wedge-shaped positioning portion 63 protruding from a surface of the base 61 (referring to FIG. 3 ).
  • the positioning member 60 is mounted on the drive bracket 30 by a pair of fasteners 40 respectively passing through the securing holes 611 and 391 .
  • the data storage device 70 is secured to the drive bracket 30 .
  • the pivot shafts 371 of the drive bracket 30 pass through the pivot holes 181 of the chassis 10 to pivotally connect the drive bracket 30 to the chassis 10 .
  • the flanges 35 of the drive bracket 30 are respectively supported on the supporting flanges 15 and 19 of the chassis 10 .
  • the securing tabs 36 and 32 of the drive bracket 30 respectively insert into the securing slots 191 and 25 .
  • the support members 321 adjacent to the securing tab 32 are supported by the supporting flange 23 .
  • the top end of the positioning portion 63 is received into the bottom groove 53 of the elastic member 50 to position the drive bracket 30 in a closed position.
  • a cover 80 is mounted on the chassis 10 to sandwich the flanges 35 of the drive bracket 30 between the cover 80 and the chassis 10 .
  • the cover 80 is removed from the chassis 10 .
  • the drive bracket 30 is rotated out about the pivot shaft 371 .
  • the securing tabs 32 and 36 disengage from the securing slots 25 and 191 , and the positioning portion 63 of the positioning member 60 presses against the groove 53 to deform the elastic member 50 in and slide into an adjacent groove 53 , thereby locking the positioning portion 63 in the groove 53 .
  • the drive bracket 30 is rotated into the desired position.
  • the blocking piece 38 of the drive bracket 30 is stopped by the front panel 12 to prevent the drive bracket 30 from over-rotating.

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